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Thanks!

Really neat game! I have a question - is the soundtrack available somewhere? These songs are awesome and I wish I could save them somewhere :P

7 months late but maybe it can still help you or someone else who sees this: I’ve had some issues on Linux too, which is sad, but I managed to run it by downloading the windows version and running it via wine. If you’re not sure how to do that, here’s how I did it. I’m using Manjaro but I think the proccess is the same, but you’ll need to know how to use the terminal:

1. Download the windows version

2. Install wine (using your package manager or somewhere at https://www.winehq.org/)

3. (Optional) Configure a wine prefix for Towertale, so the settings only apply to Towertale. For this, create a folder at somewhere you like and we’ll use that before commands on the WINEPREFIX. In this example, I’ll use ~/.local/share/wine_Towertale, but if you don’t want it you can change it or remove it altogether

4. Run the game

WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wine_Towertale wine ~/.config/itch/apps/towertale/Towertale_2020_v1.2_bindingsFix/Towertale.exe

(or if you don't want a prefix)
wine ~/.config/itch/apps/towertale/Towertale_2020_v1.2_bindingsFix/Towertale.exe

(remember the path to the game might be different, but since the last update was in 2020 I doubt that's the case)

Hopefully the game will have opened. Now, before actually playing the game, minimize it, open it again and check if it’s frozen. For me it froze, and I’ve had this issue with some other games before. To solve this, you can create a virtual desktop:

Creating a virtual desktop

Open winecfg to configure wine:

WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wine_Towertale winecfg

A window should pop up. Go to the “Graphics” tab, then check “Emulate a virtual desktop”. Set the resolution to your monitor’s resolution (maybe a little bit less? you can change it later if it’s too big) and click OK.

Handy script

You can make a nice shell script for running the game - create a file like this (I’ll call it towertale.sh):

#!/usr/bin/env bash

export WINEPREFIX=~/.local/share/wine_Towertale
wine ~/.config/itch/apps/towertale/Towertale_2020_v1.2_bindingsFix/Towertale.exe

And then run chmod +x towertale.sh to make it executable. You can run it with ./towertale.sh.

I thought this sounded familiar, but it took me a while to figure out why, even though there was a tip on the thumbnail and the origin was literally on the description! This combo of synths and the overall arrangement felt both calming and energetically uplifting, specially when the overdrive guitar thing and the drums kick in!

This was very fun to listen to! I always love when a song has different distinct-sounding parts that still mesh well together.

Thanks! I’ll indeed try making lowering the drums next time I make a song :P And changing dynamics is definitely an interesting idea! I don’t think I’ve ever really tried that.

This sounds really soothing, specially when the vocals kick in. My only critique here is about the EQ of one of the two first synths that appear in the song - I think it’s slightly too loud, but honestly not even that much. Overall it’s a very nice and, well, relaxing, track!

That’s interesting! I think a little bit of those overtones, specially at the start, are more because of the reverb I added, except I think the snare in the latter parts, which I now noticed was kinda obstructing the main melody at some points… Thanks for the analysis!

Thanks! As for the percussion, I think I exaggerate a little bit too much with percussion in my songs in general. I’ve been kinda trying to tone it down but I think I still have a long way to go on that :P

Thanks!

Agree! And for the arch shapes, it reminds me of the “slogan” of the game: “Breaking cycles…”. An arch is kinda like a broken circle.

And hilariously (context: I’m not a native english speaker), I only today learned what “arch”/“arches” meant and I’m now, in a way, seeing it in other places (as in, the word) :P

For the Flynn route being canon, I think Jose Forest makes a decent argument about it not being so, but I still wish there’s some Flynn-related visions as well.